pdf to dwg?
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Topic: pdf to dwg?
Posted By: Adon
Subject: pdf to dwg?
Date Posted: 18.Feb.2012 at 05:48
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Does anyone know of a free pdf to dwg converter? I have found lots of free download but they all cost money. so please help me.  Regards CAD Learner |
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Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 18.Feb.2012 at 12:35
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The free ones are junk and the ones you pay for are not much better. Use the PDF Underlay feature in AutoCAD, scale the PDF then trace over it. The results will be way better than any conversion. ------------- "Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance." <<AutoCAD 2015>> |
Posted By: jabo247
Date Posted: 21.Feb.2012 at 03:01
| just go to www.convertpdftoautocad.com follow the instructions there but take note that the drawings that will be converted is not scaled or accurately dimensioned... |
Posted By: heinsite
Date Posted: 21.Feb.2012 at 09:30
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Don't spend money on any of them. You'll find they'll be worth less than the free ones. We still don't have OCR for AutoCAD and may not for a long time. It's difficult to convert an image file into a fully functional vector file. Follow John's advice. Either attach and trace or simply work with them as they are. You do know that you can load and edit PDF files in Design Review, right?  Dave. ------------- Dave Hein, P.E. Hawaii District Engineer Kona International Airport AutoCAD Certified Professional Autodesk Expert Elite |
Posted By: Kajito
Date Posted: 22.Feb.2012 at 12:24
| I think I posted it here few times but maybe it will help you as well. Try to use ProgeCAD. You can download a trial version of the software. It is an AutoCAD like software but has the tool to convert a PDF to DWG. I found it usefull with some PDFs, with better results than other tools. Don't expect miracles tho .. |